Should we bring back extinct animals?

BBC Inside Science

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Technology, Science

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A woolly mammoth by 2028.

That’s the bold claim from US company Colossal Biosciences, who say research is under way that will make this possible.

But even if we have the technology to bring back a long dead species, should we? We hear the arguments for and against de-extinction.

Also this week, what will Europa Clipper find when it heads to one of Jupiter’s icy moons and how to win a Nobel Prize.

Presenter: Marnie Chesterton Producers: Ella Hubber, Sophie Ormiston & Gerry Holt Editor: Martin Smith Production Co-ordinator: Andrew Rhys Lewis

BBC Inside Science is produced in partnership with the Open University.

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0:00.0	New American president straight ahead.
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0:34.8	This is the download of BBC Inside Science with me Marnie Chesterton.
0:39.9	It was first broadcast on the 10th of October 24.
0:44.6	Hello, this week, how to win a Nobel Prize.
0:48.2	And as one company says it will bring back the woolly mammoth by 28, we ask, even if we can, whether we should.
0:56.2	But first, the weather.
0:58.8	Hurricane Milton has just smashed into the Florida coast, causing destruction and power outages.
1:05.2	It's also delayed the plans to find alien life in our solar system.
1:10.1	NASA's Europa Clipper was on the verge of launching
1:13.0	about an hour from now, but it's been grounded due to the hurricane. When it does launch,
1:19.0	Clipper will travel to Europa, one of Jupiter's many moons, often dubbed the ocean beyond the Earth,
1:24.6	to assess whether it is habitable. Can it support life? NASA astrobiologist
1:30.0	Brittany Schmidt was ready to go at Cape Canaveral in Florida, but is instead hiding from the
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